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Plastisphere and Soil Biodiversity

Environmental contamination remediation and management 2025
Evelyn Nwadinkpa Fatokun, Kehinde Olubunmi Adediran, Christy E. Manyi-Loh

Summary

This chapter reviews how discarded plastics accumulate in soil ecosystems and give rise to a distinct microbial community called the plastisphere, altering soil biodiversity and ecological function. The plastisphere can harbor novel microbial assemblages including potential pathogens and antibiotic-resistant organisms, meaning plastic soil pollution has implications beyond chemical toxicity for human and ecosystem health.

Discarded plastics are released into the environment via various pathways, many of which end up in the soil ecosystem. Soil acting as a natural sink, accumulate plastic wastes originating from different anthropogenic and natural activities. The larger plastics, under...

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